View from my condo with sunshine a few days after a snow storm.
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View from my condo with sunshine a few days after a snow storm.
Kathi - is that Lake Dillon? And in the middle picture, Swan Mtn. Road going up from Farmer's Korner?
Yes, it's Lake Dillon. The highway in the middle picture is US 6 (Loveland Pass Rd) going towards Keystone. Not sure if its visible in the picture but we can see Dillon Dam road.
I believe it's in the first picture, you see a cut in the valley. That's I-70 coming down from Eisenhower Tunnel. Our condo is in Wildernest, above the outlet malls at Silverthorne.
Did you know the Lowrey section of the Swan Mtn. path is now open? You miss 2.2 miles of Swan Mtn road.
If I could show you (since we haven't downloaded our digital photos yet) now where we are at this hour.
In a mountainous ski resort area where by our lodge, the skiers and snowboarding were whipping by, less than 10 ft. by our windown. We just went snowshoeing this afternoon and it was snowing gently the whole time. There's over 3 ft. of snow at least and more. It's white, deep and lush snow.
We are in the interior of British Columbia. Probably less than 150 kms. northwest of where kelownagirl lives.
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Originally Posted by Kathi
Ahhhh! Now I know what I am looking at. I did not know the path was open on Swan Mtn. Road - yay! I HATE that road - way too much traffic. Where does the path dump back onto the road?
I try to avoid the outlets when I am out there -except for PI and Coldwater Creek :rolleyes:
Thanks for the pictures - wish I was there!!
Here you go - pix from my backyard. And my son's first snowshoe outing - I was very proud of him in all this powder! Merry Christmas!
From British Columbia, where we are...luscious now
Dh's present to the kids on Christmas morning. Obviously not quite done but it still looks cute in the freshly fallen Christmas morning snow. Oh....and now, 13 hours later....it's still snowing!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f5...b/IMG_4250.jpg
From our hike to Olympic Hot Springs last week - the pool we soaked in and the waterfall at the entrance to the springs
We haven't had THIS much snow since 1997!
Today is the third day with no school because of the snow. The drifting is unbelievable. 6-7 feet tall in some places! The weather let up and the sun came out long enough to take some pictures. The wind is still blowing like crazy.
The first two pictures are or our backyard. We have a 6 ft. fence and there is one drift that topped the fence this morning!
The next two are our front fence that leads to the backyard on the same side.
The last picture is of the fence at the end of the street. Again, a six foot fence!
We don't have 6 foot of snow on the flats, just in the drifts.
Since we can only have 5 pictures per post, I will post again with more pictures.
I could barely keep my peepers open for the first picutre because of the wind and sun. I am standing behind the drift! :eek:
The second, third and fourth pictures are from the end of the street, where the snow drifted from the field.
The fences in the last two pictures are 6 foot fences that you can walk right over the top of!
Last picture is windblown me on the drift.
Winter wonderland, don't you think???
FlyBye, what I notice is the blue sky and sunshine!!
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Originally Posted by Starfish
Warmer days are coming!
It is 28 here and I *thought* about going without a coat!!
How's everyone else's weather???
We've been getting the same storms as you guys. We finally have a break. It's 35 and sunny out there. Whooppeeee!!
The snow walls along the driveway where the snowplow has come through are well over 6 feet in some places. We haven't seen the lower part of our back stairs in weeks!
There's a box on the solar array that has manual controls in it for when I need to move the array to dump snow, avoid wind, etc. The box is about 6 feet off of the ground. In the summer I have to reach up for it. Right now it's about 1 foot above the snow. Wow. I agree with Flybye, 1997 was the last time we had this much snow.
It sure is nice to be getting some moisture, though. The infamous "they" say that the snow pack in the mountains is above 100% - much needed after years of drought. We sit on top of the largest aquafir in the US, if I remember correctly.
I have no snow! And guess what? It is supposed to be 72 here today! That is the warmest it has been in a long time. Not bragging I swear! Just sharing.
Some more pics for you ... I included a picture of the snowblower in the driveway. Maybe you'll feel better if you remember how much work it can be to live in the snow :)
Annemall -
HOLEY MOLEY!!! WHERE DO YOU LIVE, WOMAN??????
Egads....I'll be going out to shovel the 2" sitting on my driveway up onto the pile of snow that is *only* 5' tall and count my blessings that that is all I've got. A couple of pictures like really that put things in perspective...a 15" snow fall is nothing, in comparison.
Here's a shot from last spring:
http://lh3.google.com/paddockj144/R0...ldTraining.JPG
Here's our white Christmas:
http://lh4.google.com/paddockj144/R6...0/_MG_4216.JPG
Not much on the ground now, but the Colorado Mountains continue to get hammered!